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    intel wifi/wimax 6250 supported?

    hi all

    i have sony vaio vpc-s notebook with intel wifi/wimax 6250 card integrated in. Ubuntu detects card but when i trying to up interface, driver faults with error - firmware file iwlwifi-6050-4.ucode not found.

    Who knows when support for this card will be available in ubuntu ? Thanks

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    Re: intel wifi/wimax 6250 supported?

    I have the same issue with my Lenovo Thinkpad t410s.

    while i was checking the name wireless device on windows it's shows -Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250

    but in

    Ubuntu it shows

    Intel WiMAX/WiFi Link 6050 series

    I found at Intel website for Linux they are supporting

    Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 for Linux


    http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...=3199&lang=eng


    i'm really confused

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    Re: intel wifi/wimax 6250 supported?

    Intel has a strange way of 'supporting' this card. It's recognised by the kernel module but the microcode that makes the card work hasn't been released yet. They say sometime in third quarter.
    http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Info

    Bit dissapointing, but seems we'll just have to wait a few months.

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    Re: intel wifi/wimax 6250 supported?

    Woot!, been checking daily, ucode released, seems to work ok. Wifi only, no Wimax. Many thanks to Intel.

    http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads

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    Re: intel wifi/wimax 6250 supported?

    Hi BennBuntu

    Can you please tell me the steps you took to get the 6050 microcode working for your machine.

    Thanks a lot

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    Re: intel wifi/wimax 6250 supported?

    Hi usctrojan,

    I just downloaded iwlwifi-6050-ucode-9.201.4.1.tgz from http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads

    Then extracted and copied, /lib/firmware/
    Code:
    sudo cp iwlwifi-6050-4.ucode /lib/firmware
    Then reboot, or reload the kernel module
    Code:
    sudo rmmod iwlagn
    sudo modprobe iwlagn
    It worked ok from there, although perhaps not completely reliable. I was having to unload and reload the kernel module after disconnecting from a network.

    I've since upgrade to 2.6.34 using pre-compiled .deb packages, and it's been solid since then.

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    Re: intel wifi/wimax 6250 supported?

    I had a very similar problem. I had just bought a Dell Studio XPS 16 with the Intel wifi/wimax 6250 installed. I tried this suggestion, but it didn't quite work for me. However, it did make me think down a different path. I did a quick apt-cache search for wireless. I found this package that seemed to make sense, but patches the kernel.

    Code:
    sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-wireless-lucid-generic

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    Re: intel wifi/wimax 6250 supported?

    Hi Walt. I tried installing the package you mentioned, but it still does not work. Did you have to choose the driver you wanted, once the package was installed?

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    Re: intel wifi/wimax 6250 supported?

    Quote Originally Posted by BennBuntu View Post
    Woot!, been checking daily, ucode released, seems to work ok. Wifi only, no Wimax. Many thanks to Intel.

    http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads
    The WiMAX works. I'm using a 6250 WiMAX card now with a Dell Mini 1012 and Clear in 10.04. I followed the instructions here to get it working:

    http://www.linuxwimax.org/Download?a...ent-v1.5-2.txt

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    Re: intel wifi/wimax 6250 supported?

    If it might help someone...

    I solved the problem installing the linux-backports-modules-wireless-lucid-generic package. Then by using

    Code:
    sudo modprobe iwlagn
    everything worked. To get the module to be loaded at startup, add the line iwlagn at the end of the /etc/modules file.

    Cheers.

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